Not sure why I used that for the title. Probably because I've been watching a lot of Scrubs lately.
In any case. I am working on a State of the Union address commentary, but that is a some-what large undertaking at this point, so it's going to have to wait for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to bust it out this weekend, but don't take my word on that. In any case, you can expect some sort of something about George Bush's final SOTU address in the coming weeks. I know that you are probably on the edge of your seat with excitement....
Anyhow. In other news. I don't know if I have yet expressed my new found love for yoga. So I'm going to go ahead and do that now. I love yoga. I am converted, and I am proselyting. It is amazing. If you've never done it, you should. You'll thank me for it later. After only a few 50 minute sessions (during which we really only practiced for like 30 minutes each), I could already tell how much more flexible I am. I have also noticed that I am much less stressed. Granted, of course, I'm not necessarily a very stressed out person most of the time, but yoga has helped me decrease the amount of stress that I do carry around with me. It is fabulous. I know that I'll be doing yoga for the rest of my life.
So that's my sales pitch for the day. Moving on.
The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by another .5% today. This comes like a week after they lowered it .75% between sessions (something that hasn't been done since 1990). And yet the three major market indexes were all down. I think that we are in a recession, folks. There really can be no more denying it. This, however, is good news for me because it means that we will most likely get a friggen good interest rate when we go to buy a house. It's also good news for people who already own houses, because it means that they can refinance. I think the move to refinance is what the Fed was really going for. If they get enough homeowners to do so, the troubled banks may just stand a chance. Of course, I could be way off (it's happened before).
More about the economy to come in my SOTU commentary.
I really don't have any particular thing to write about. I'm really just trying to kill time while at work. I have another 15 minute break and I want to take it at 5:15 so that I don't have to process again before my OT shift ends.
Speaking of work. So, I interviewed for a positions with the Training Department (L&C) last Friday. I was scheduled for an hour interview, but it only took like 20 minutes. I'm not sure if I should be nervous about that or not. I probably won't hear back about it for at least another week, which sucks because I hate waiting. That, and everyone on my team has been asking me if I've gotten any news, and how I think the interview went. I really don't know how it went, to be honest with you. But I think I nailed the final question: "Why should we hire you instead of one of the other 17 candidates for the position?"
Well, I'll tell you why. I'm not going to lie--I know that I'm the best person for the job. My passion in life is to teach, and I am really good at it. I know my personality and my strengths, and I know that I could put both to the best use with the Training department. I want the job more than anyone else, and I am willing to work harder for it.
Now, who wouldn't hire that? I mean, c'mon. Honestly. Ever since I started at Fidelity I've wanted to be in the Training department. It is really the only place that I would consider making a career at Fidelity. I think that my major downfall will be that everyone else that interviewed for the positions (there are two positions available) has been up there on loan (loan=temporary position in the department, usually about three months). But! They, obviously, knew that I had never been on loan up there, and I told them up front that I have never facilitated in this kind of business setting, and they still chose to interview me. That says something, right?
I also have an awesome track record when it comes to interviewing. I have never interviewed for a job that I didn't get. Not that that fact will influence their decision any, but it makes me more optimistic. Still, I'm trying to be as realistic as possible. I'm hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst, as they say. We'll see how it goes.
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